Adventures of Mercy

Friday, 21 January 2011

Georgia Bulldogs!

We're having a great time in Athens -I've met lots of new friends since I got here and,as you can see,they've made me feel very welcome! Do you like my new woolstyle? I know it's shorter since Maureen cut it for me but I'm getting used to it. I quite like my ponytail now too though I wasn't too sure about having a pony hairstyle at first. Here's more photos of me meeting some of the people at Athens Link Fellowship.

We had a very interesting tour of Athens and I had my photo taken beside a Georgia Bulldog! The REAL Georgia Bulldogs are the University of Georgia athletics teams but these statues are quite famous I think. It was so huge it would have been very scary standing beside it if it hadn't been painted with flowers! I got to sit in the front of the car on the dashboard and look out the window,which is my favourite place to be in a car as I can see everything and help the driver find the way to where we're going. Here's some photos of our outings:

My friend Diana made the photo collages - I'm very excited about them because I've never had any of those before! Did you like them?

Tuesday, 18 January 2011

The Banner!

Hello!

I'm writing this from Athens and I'm feeling just a little bit shivery! It is soooo cold here and it has been snowing here like it was in Scotland before we left. Did you know I had a woolcut before I came here? Ruth and Mo thought I looked untidy (what a cheek! I thought they were my friends...) so Mo got some scissors and gave me a trim. Actually, she did a good job, and I think it looks quite nice, especially my tail. I bet you didn't know that Mo is a good sheep hairdresser, did you? It's a shame she didn't know it's not a good idea to cut a sheeps wool just before it's going to get a lot colder though, I hope I don't get a chill! I'm not too worried about it because I am going to see Lynnette for a fitting for some cool new outfits when I get back! I'm really looking forward to that.

Anyway, here we are and so far it's going well. I gave our friends the lovely banner you sent them and they were very pleased with it! Norma helped me explain that the handprints on it are all of YOUR handprints and they thought that was so great - Leah's tiny handprint was their favourite too! We thought it would be, didn't we?! Here's a photo of me and Norma with the children from Athens holding the banner.

Iain and Norma are really busy and having a good time. Our friend Cindy Gaultney is not well, she has flu. We're staying at her house so I've been able to keep her company sometimes. Please pray that she gets better soon!

Tuesday, 11 January 2011

Going to Athens, Georgia!

Hello!

I've just found out I'm going to Athen's Georgia on Thursday with my friends Pastor Iain and Norma. I'm so excited to be going on another trip, and I have lots of good friends there as I've been a few times before.

We have a special present from everyone in Bubbles, Splash and XStream which I'm taking with me. I think they will love it!

Mercy

Tuesday, 30 November 2010

Photographs

I thought you'd like to see some of the children we've been working with. Sarah has put some photographs on facebook but I asked her to take some of me and the children too.

I hope you like them!

Wednesday, 24 November 2010

Certificates

Today we were giving out certificates to the children who have been doing the phonics work this year. The children have done really well, and have improved a lot. They were very happy when they got their certificate, and I think they were proud of the work that they have done.

Sarah and I will be finishing our work in the schools next week because the schools will be getting ready for Christmas the week after.

We will also be going to a game reserve before we come home, and I am really looking forward to seeing the animals.

I hope you are all ok. Are you doing anything exciting at the moment?

Monday, 8 November 2010

Hi everyone

How is school going? Have you started Christmas stuff yet? Sarah says that she doesn't feel like it is nearly Christmas because it is so hot here, and it feels like summer.

The boys and girls in one school (Rosehill) understand us and their teachers speak English to them all of the time, although they have found a couple of words more difficult. The children in Amaoti 3 find it more difficult because they don't speak as much English, especially the younger ones. That is why Sarah is here though, to help them with English, so that is good, and they are finding it easier.

It sounds like you had lots of fun in your holidays, well except poor Megan. Does it still hurt? I've never been to Blackpool, maybe someone will take me there sometime. I love fireworks. They don't really do much here. Hope you had a nice time watching them.

Thank you for praying for us! And thanks for the questions.

Bye

Friday, 29 October 2010

One month in

I have been in South Africa for nearly a month now. Wow!

Sarah has been working more with the teachers this week, and most of them have started to do parts of the phonics lesson in their classes. It is very exciting to see, and the children definitely enjoy the lessons. One teacher told us today that she thinks that it is helping the children in her class, which is so great.

I hope that you have all had a nice school holiday!